Blue Devils Weiden

Founded in 1985 as 'EV Weiden', the club began play at the lowest level of German professional hockey, the Bavarian ice hockey leagues (Bayernliga). Little information is available for the team's early years, however, by the early-1990s, the club had made its way into the Oberliga, the third-level in Germany. The club continued its ascent with solid play for a few years before jumping up to the 2nd Bundesliga (2nd-tier) in 1994. Unfortunately, Weiden was not able to continue its winning ways in the second league and had been relegated back to the Oberliga by the end of the 90s.

In 2000 the club was sold, renamed as the Blue Devils, and started their second life in the Regionalliga (fourth-league). Within 3 years they earned a promotion back to the Bundesliga but their second stint there didn't last long. The Blue Devils were relegated in 2005 and then spent three more years in the Oberliga before being sold once more. Weiden returned to the Bayernliga in 2008 but was able to climb their way back to the Oberliga by 2012. While the club was supposed to have been relegated in 2014, they managed to remain in the third league due to the withdrawal of ERV Schweinfurt.^[2] After saving themselves from relegation the following year, Weiden was able stabilize as a middling playoff team.

After coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Weiden saw a drastic change in its fortune. In 2022, the club set a new franchise record with 29 wins. While they flamed out in the postseason, the Blue Devils won 39 games the following year and ended as the league runners-up. 2024 saw the team win 43 of their 48 scheduled games and cap off the year with a league championship. The title sent Weiden back to the second league (since renamed DEL2) for the first time in almost 20 years.

Since 2012